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Sector Watch: Supermarkets
A bumper year for the sector reveals some clear winners and losers
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 19 Oct 2020
Is William Hill playing a winning hand in the US?
The agreed bid could spell big things stateside for the UK bookie
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 15 Oct 2020
Can ASOS ride the second wave with as much style?
ASOS knows it won’t be alone for long in serving its lucrative customer base
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 14 Oct 2020
How to decide what shares to invest in
All you need to know about investing in shares
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 14 Oct 2020
Big Tech valuations leave investors asking the same questions
How to make sense of sky-high tech valuations
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 13 Oct 2020
As jobless figures rise, what hope for Hays?
Investors in the recruiter should expect more cold hard facts on the Covid effect
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 08 Oct 2020
Should you invest in the UK right now?
UK investors have been steering clear of their home market
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 01 Oct 2020
If every little helps why is Tesco looking so nervous?
Panic-buying has brought in the shoppers but also increased costs.
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Sep 2020
Does the 60/40 rule still work?
This week, do the old rules of investment still work?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Sep 2020
Greggs: flaky prospects prompt innovation
Results suggest plans to adapt to an uncertain future
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 29 Sep 2020
Are the latest tech IPOs worth the hype?
A recent rush prompts the biggest year for IPOs since 2014
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 25 Sep 2020
How can beginner investors decide which shares to buy?
This week, we’re dealing with a question that is pretty fundamental to investing - how should you decide which shares to buy?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 24 Sep 2020
Why Boohoo is turning heads for all the wrong reasons
A supply chain malpractice claim isn’t a good look for the fast fashion retailer
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 24 Sep 2020
Are the UK’s woes now in the price?
The Chancellor’s jobs scheme points to a tough winter
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 24 Sep 2020
Three sectors facing the highest Covid risk
It’s not just retail that’s turned into a game of two halves
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 23 Sep 2020
Five things investors need to watch for now
How to navigate COVID, curfews and Christmas
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 22 Sep 2020
Renewed lockdown fears test investors again
Warnings from health leaders may lead to tougher restrictions
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 21 Sep 2020
Three reasons why retailers can’t bank on a merry Covid Christmas
Retail sales figures are up overall, but in reality it’s a mixed bag
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 18 Sep 2020
Stock Watch: AG Barr, DFS, Kingfisher & PZ Cussons
Expect a mixed bag from retail and consumer goods giants in the week ahead
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 16 Sep 2020
Ocado: is M&S boost just the beginning?
Online sales surging in lockdown
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 15 Sep 2020
Has Covid-19 finally brought ‘Peak oil’?
BP says demand may never be higher than it is now
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 14 Sep 2020
Why “sell in May” didn’t work this year
Investors who “sold in May” would have missed a remarkable recovery
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 11 Sep 2020
Why Next needs to be ‘a bit more Primark’
Next looks positively gloomy compared to Primark and it shouldn’t be
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Sep 2020
Morrisons: can online platforms make up for Covid costs?
Profits down but online channels offer hope
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Sep 2020
Why the tech correction is good for your portfolio
A small slide now could avoid a bigger slump later
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 09 Sep 2020
British Airways: more turbulence for aviation industry?
AGM should give clues for BA and co
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 08 Sep 2020
Primark on track to top £2bn and on target to prove the doubters wrong
The apparent ‘mishmash’ of businesses is proving to be a winning combination
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 07 Sep 2020
What gets in your fantasy share portfolio?
This week - what companies would make it into your fantasy share portfolio?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Sep 2020
Tech party paused for Musk & co.
Sector dragged lower on recovery uncertainty
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Sep 2020
ITV drops out of the FTSE 100
Reshuffle sees discount retailer B&M take its place
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 03 Sep 2020
Stock Watch: Fever-Tree Drinks
Has lockdown taken the fizz out of the posh mixer maker?
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 03 Sep 2020
Zoom, Pret, Ocado and the ‘new economy’
Remote working, deserted city-centres - investors should be cautious
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 02 Sep 2020
Which businesses will adapt best to the new normal?
Why stock picking matters in this environment more than ever
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 01 Sep 2020
Can Barratt get ahead before a tricky 2021?
The double whammy due in March next year casts a shadow during a tricky 2020
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 27 Aug 2020
Tech is dragging the market to new levels - is that a problem?
This week, with the US stock market now having fully recovered its losses since the outbreak of Covid-19, we’re taking a look at what’s driven that recovery - and why new dangers are emerging.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 27 Aug 2020
Why I’m not putting all my eggs in the tech basket
The time to diversify is often when you don’t want to
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 25 Aug 2020
Market Week - US shares hit new highs
In this week’s market update: The S&P hits a new high but it’s a worryingly narrow rally; dividends suffer their worst fall since 2009; and central banks gather for a virtual Jackson Hole summit.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 25 Aug 2020
Income investors hunker down in the dividend drought
Looking globally for income lessens impact of deep cuts in UK
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 24 Aug 2020
The lesson at the core of Apple’s gravity-defying rise
As Apple hits a $2trn valuation the need to stay diversified is apparent
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 20 Aug 2020
Any hope for jobs sector as Hays itself cuts 1,000 roles?
Will Hays have any good news to share about Britain’s jobs crisis?
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 19 Aug 2020
Capita: a lesson for long-term investors
Reason to be cheerful amid poor half-year results?
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 18 Aug 2020
Sector Watch: Commodities
Your need-to-know on the sector
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 17 Aug 2020
Why a recession isn’t always bad news for investors
History shows opportunities exist for long-term investors
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 14 Aug 2020
Is it time to take a break from the travel sector?
Spotting an investment winner feels as fraught as picking a ‘safe’ holiday destination
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 14 Aug 2020
Can the new-build boom continue at Persimmon?
The housebuilder will be hoping the trend continues throughout 2020
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 12 Aug 2020
Admiral of the fleet
Can the Wales-based car insurer remain Covid-proof?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 07 Aug 2020
Markets weather the earnings storm
Are stock markets reasonably valued at the moment?
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 07 Aug 2020
Diageo: dividend stays but profits lose fizz
Lockdowns have seen sales go down the drain for the drinks-giant
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Aug 2020
Signs of life for UK dividends?
The firms giving hope to income-seekers
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 03 Aug 2020
Is Big Tech here to stay?
A big week for the FAANGs has prompted questions over their future
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 31 Jul 2020
Rightmove will hope house boom is on firm foundations
Why those post-lockdown property purchases may not pave the way to profits
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 29 Jul 2020
The potential cost of the failure to find a Covid vaccine
AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline in a race to develop world-changing Covid vaccine
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 29 Jul 2020
Greggs: half-baked profits as virus hit revealed
Cracks in the recovery starting to show?
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 28 Jul 2020
How to spot a winner in the retail sector
A clear shift is emerging and retailers who spot it have the advantage
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 24 Jul 2020
Home comforts top our grocery shopping lists
How has lockdown changed our weekly food shop?
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 23 Jul 2020
Covid vaccine gives AstraZeneca a shot in the arm
All eyes will be on the vaccine trial’s next stage
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 23 Jul 2020
Market Week Podcast - Stock markets tread water
In this week’s market update: markets tread water as investors watch the economic data and wait for the Presidential election; UK dividends plunge in the second quarter as companies conserve cash; and earnings season gets into full swing.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 22 Jul 2020
Unilever: defensive growth
How will this high-quality company navigate the pandemic?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 17 Jul 2020
Netflix’s outlook spooks investors
Streaming service warns of new subscriber slowdown
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 17 Jul 2020
Sector Watch: Airlines
Your need-to-know on the nation’s carriers
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 15 Jul 2020
Market Week Podcast - Investors brace for second quarter earnings
In this week’s market update: Investors brace for the key second quarter earnings season; central bank meetings and economic announcements vie for attention in a busy week ahead; and markets prepare for life under Biden.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 14 Jul 2020
Is Burberry still worth checking out?
Its reliance on Chinese buyers has meant times are currently particularly tough
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 09 Jul 2020
Whitbread gears up for life after lockdown
Premier Inn-owner upbeat on prospects
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 07 Jul 2020
Market Week - Chinese share bounce on recovery hopes
In this week’s market update: Chinese shares bounce on recovery hopes; fresh economic data points to strong pent up demand; and Wall Street starts to price in a Biden presidency
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 07 Jul 2020
Primark shows high street retailers may be down, but they’re not all out
Spotting winners in the beleaguered sector is difficult but some bright spots shine through
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 02 Jul 2020
Is the bike boom enough to drive Halfords' profits?
The latest surge in bike sales could be short-lived so a change of gear may be needed
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 01 Jul 2020
Market Week - Shares end a remarkable quarter in nervous fashion
In this week’s market update: shares end a remarkable quarter in nervous fashion; while attention shifts as the second half gets under way to Brexit and the US election.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 30 Jun 2020
Why easyJet investors should brace for a bumpy ride
The budget airline is heading into more turbulence up ahead
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 24 Jun 2020
Market Week- Shares are heading for their best quarter in 10 years
In this week’s market update: shares are heading for their best quarter in ten years despite recent worries about both the pandemic and trade
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 23 Jun 2020
Indebted Intu a final warning for retail?
Challenges ahead for the whole sector
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 23 Jun 2020
Can Tesco keep the discounters at bay?
Changing times for the supermarket chain as they move into a new era
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 19 Jun 2020
Take AIM: the junior market 25 years on
What is AIM and what does it offer investors?
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 19 Jun 2020
Lockdown overload: is the UK’s energy industry at breaking point?
Cracks emerging as BP, Shell and National Grid adapt to new world order
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 18 Jun 2020
Market Week: Volatility returns
In this week’s market update: Volatility returns to stock markets as stimulus battles with poor news-flow; and economies try to get back to work after a heavy economic hit in April.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 16 Jun 2020
Are lockdown and sunshine too much for National Grid?
A glut of renewable energy is proving problematic for the nation’s supply operator
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 12 Jun 2020
Market Week - Shares rally as investors see the glass as half full
In this podcast Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the week ahead for global stockmarkets, which have rallied on the back of positive US job news.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 10 Jun 2020
Sector Watch: Drinks
To your good health
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Jun 2020
What hope for the nation’s retailers?
As shops re-open can they salvage their already-beleaguered businesses?
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Jun 2020
US stocks recoup losses for the year
Major indices boosted by Fed stimulus
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 09 Jun 2020
How long can the oil price rebound last?
Opec+ meet this weekend to discuss output cuts
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 05 Jun 2020
Is now the time to buy banks and financials?
What could negative interest rates mean for the sector?
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 04 Jun 2020
What next for Fullers as Covid calls time on pubs?
The brewer turned pubs group has a tough future ahead
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Jun 2020
EasyJet drops out of FTSE 100
Reshuffle sees airline leave top bourse
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Jun 2020
Growth and value: a tale of two stock markets
This week - when will value investing have its day in the sun again?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Jun 2020
Opportunity abounds for those on the hunt for the new normal
The shares feeding the appetites of opportunity-hungry investors
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 02 Jun 2020
One-year returns turn positive - who’s celebrating?
Markets levels are being held up by a small group of tech giants
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 01 Jun 2020
Go-Ahead Group sees profits stall
Bus and train operator Go-Ahead warns on profits as crisis continues
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 28 May 2020
British Land in unchartered waters
The retail and office space landlord needs to be proactive not reactive
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 22 May 2020
Burberry latest to cut dividend
Fashion retailer hit by Asian consumer lockdown
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 22 May 2020
Whitbread taps shareholders for £1bn
Rights issue of new shares to secure survival for Premier Inn chain
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 21 May 2020
Investors focus on longer-term as pandemic uncertainty continues
Fidelity Investor Survey shows wider economy is biggest concern
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 21 May 2020
Imperial Brands: Duty-free sales go up in smoke
Shifting trends and now Covid-related travel bans threaten to dampen sales
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 19 May 2020
Market Week - Shares and oil rise as lockdowns start to ease
In this week’s market update: Shares and oil rise as lockdowns start to ease and gold hits a seven year high as inflation fears return
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 19 May 2020
Seven ways to assess UK stocks during lockdown
Identifying the winners from the losers
Aruna Karunathilake Portfolio Manager, Fidelity UK Select Fund - 12 May 2020
Stock Watch: Centrica
Britain’s biggest energy supplier becomes the latest to cut its dividend
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 07 May 2020
Is this the time to embrace smaller companies?
The role smaller companies can play in a diversified portfolio
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 06 May 2020
Is Covid-19 changing the car market?
Current weakness opens up potential for change
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 05 May 2020
Britain gets closer to a coal-free future
New record broken for coal-free power generation
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Apr 2020
Stock Watch: Trainline
Not even the most avid trainspotters could have seen the crisis heading Trainline’s way
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Apr 2020
Tom Stevenson's Market Week - 28 April 2020
In this week’s market update: Shares continue to rise on stimulus and lockdown exit hopes; a flood of corporate announcements shines a light on the earnings outlook; a number of key central banks hold rate-setting meetings and other news creeps back.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 29 Apr 2020
Next: the art of survival
Getting through to the other side is all that matters
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 29 Apr 2020
Why BP profit hit should sober us
Virus-led drops could set the scene
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 28 Apr 2020
Why is the stock market doing so well?
In our article our Fidelity expert Ed Monk evaluates the current stock market and why it’s doing so well at a time we would expect otherwise.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 27 Apr 2020
Stock Watch: Sainsbury’s
Has panic shopping left the supermarket chain in the money?
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 24 Apr 2020
Netflix: the lockdown king
The pandemic has provided a global captive audience
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 23 Apr 2020
Boohoo powering through the retail rout
Revenues above expectations but margins thinning
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 22 Apr 2020
Primark-owner begins to count virus cost
Business diversification key for AB Foods
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 21 Apr 2020
Beyond Corona: make lockdown savings a lasting benefit
Let some positive changes come from the crisis
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 17 Apr 2020
Stock Watch: Boohoo and Primark
Is the fast fashion strategy too ‘last season’ for today?
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 17 Apr 2020
Tom Stevenson's Market Week - 15 April 2020
In this week’s market update: Earnings season starts to shine a light on how Covid-19 will hit profits; the pre-Easter market rally holds for now; but oil fails to respond to big cuts in global production.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 15 Apr 2020
The cost of the pandemic starts to emerge
The human and economic cost becomes clearer
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 15 Apr 2020
Stock Watch: JD Sports
Rivalries intensify as the pandemic threatens already-embattled retailers
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 09 Apr 2020
Investment Outlook - what you’re asking us
This week on the show, it’s an Investment Outlook Q&A Special. Fidelity Personal Investing has produced its latest Quarterly Outlook for markets and, for obvious reasons, this one is like no other before it.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 09 Apr 2020
Investment Outlook: same but different
Looking beyond the Corona-crisis
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 08 Apr 2020
Tom Stevenson's Market Week - 7 April 2020
In this week’s market update: Shares rally on hopes that we have passed peak infection in Europe; oil ministers gather to discuss the massive over-supply of crude; and dividends could take nine years to recover.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 07 Apr 2020
Stock Watch: Supermarkets
Intense pressure is being felt across the board; especially so at Ocado
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 03 Apr 2020
Three crises in one
Investors must weigh medical, economic and financial factors
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 02 Apr 2020
Oil industry’s day of reckoning is on the cards
As the oil price collapses, along with demand, something has to give
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 31 Mar 2020
Tom Stevenson's Market Week - 31 March 2020
In this week’s market update: Markets stabilise as investors warm to massive co-ordinated stimulus; but the oil price tumbles as Saudi Arabia continues to pump in the face of falling demand; and safe-haven gold is back in favour.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 31 Mar 2020
Stock Watch: Airlines
Weathering the storm won’t be easy but flexibility will be key
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 27 Mar 2020
Seven steps to investing through a crisis
How one manager Corona-proofed his portfolio
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 25 Mar 2020
Stock Watch: Morrisons
Challenging times ahead for the UK’s fourth largest grocer
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 12 Mar 2020
Opportunities in today’s uncertain markets
Stock markets are better value than a month ago
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 06 Mar 2020
Apple rewards last year’s true believers
How to invest in recovery stocks
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 29 Jan 2020
Anglo American’s palladium jackpot
The power of the ‘picks and shovels’ investment
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 23 Jan 2020
Corporate mishaps: why investors must stay diversified
Human error highlights the need to stay diversified
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 22 Jan 2020
EasyJet: promising start to 2020
Budget airline faces headwinds but is on the right path
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 21 Jan 2020
Google: a $1trillion empire built on a simple idea
Returns from stock markets depend on gravity-defying tech giants
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 20 Jan 2020
Greggs still on a roll?
New-look steak bake rings in 2020
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 08 Jan 2020
2020 - Quarter 1
New year, new decade. What comes next?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 08 Jan 2020
Aldi shows supermarkets’ woe not over yet
We still don’t know where the rise of the discounters will end
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 06 Jan 2020
50 reasons to stay invested
Why second guessing the market makes no sense
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 02 Jan 2020
2020: time to tackle our biases
Investing, not gambling
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Dec 2019
2019 review of the year
What did the year deliver for investors?
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 19 Dec 2019
Canny retailers can thrive in online revolution
Some companies are riding out the growth of e-commerce
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 18 Nov 2019
Apple: hardware company or consumer staple?
The tech giant is changing how the market sees it
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Nov 2019
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